The horror of today and the terror of tomorrow: The role of future existential risks and present-day political risks in climate activism.

Br J Soc Psychol · 2025 · PMC11590411 · PMID 39494606

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did not reach statistical significancep = .432not close (p > 0.1)

Participants in the high future existential risk of climate crisis condition ( M = 3.93, SD = 0.96) evaluated the future existential risk of climate crisis slightly higher than participants in the low existential risk condition ( M = 3.87, SD = 0.89), but this difference did not reach statistical significance, U = 3859, p = .432.

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